#ADBE37#ADBE37

#ADBE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.155 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADBE37
RGB	rgb(173, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -23.05, 62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 66.56, 110.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0692 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.155 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3375, 45.9875, 10.5759)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADBE37 #4837BE

analogous

#BE8C37 #ADBE37 #69BE37

triadic

#ADBE37 #37ADBE #BE37AD

tetradic

#ADBE37 #37BE8C #4837BE #BE3769

square

#ADBE37 #37BE8C #4837BE #BE3769

split-complementary

#ADBE37 #3769BE #8C37BE

monochromatic

#575F1C #828F29 #ADBE37 #C3D161 #D5DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#ADBE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#ADBE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADBE37

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADBE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADBE37	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adbe37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.155 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d177',
    500: '#adbe37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adbe37;
$custom-light: #c9d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adbe37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76397,
    "c": 0.15531,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADBE37

secondary

#8F87CA

accent

#49DE5C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADBE37

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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